Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.65
Liaison Maddie LoDico
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2014
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Colby College
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.89 / 8.00 Kevin Bright
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Number of students who graduated from a program that has adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
588

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
798

A copy of the list or inventory of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
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A list of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:

Administrative Sceince, African-American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, East Asian Studies, Economics, Education, English, Environmental Studies, Geology, Global Studies, Government, History, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Science Technology and Society, Sociology, Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies


A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with degree, diploma or certificate programs (if not included in an inventory above):

All of these departments contain and/or require classes that are either sustainability focused or sustainability related. The sustainability learning outcomes for one class, as an example, International Environmental Policy, are: Develop an understanding of how nations and international organizations have governed the use of natural resources including water, land, forests, and the global climate over the past century; Explore complementarities and tradeoffs among local and community-based approaches to environmental governance and global and/or state-based approaches to environmental governance; Articulate the environmental justice implications of global, national, and local resource management regimes; Hone analytical and writing skills through readings and assignments assessing the effectiveness of current and proposed policies to resolve major environmental problems.


The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability learning outcomes is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Our number of graduates counts each major and minor separately, so several students are counted more than once since many have majors and minors.


Our number of graduates counts each major and minor separately, so several students are counted more than once since many have majors and minors.

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